(August 22, 2013 at 6:50 am)discipulus Wrote:(August 21, 2013 at 3:01 pm)whateverist Wrote: Lets just say it is my hunch that none of those alternative explanations for my experience is true.
Ok.....
(August 21, 2013 at 3:01 pm)whateverist Wrote: So let me ask you, do you have any experiences which you attribute to your unconscious mind - dreams, daydreams, bouts of inspiration, etc? If so then at least you comprehend the category in which I am suggesting we place your communing with God experience.
And I could place your "hunch" that your experiences regarding a world of physical objects that you perceive with your five senses in the same category.
Where does that leave us?
You looking for a toehold to wedge a bible in? Discounting our collective senses does nothing for a theistic argument; after all, those same senses are how the notion of god became known in the first place!
Quote:How do you know that when you are communicating with a loved one that it is not an illusion or a construct of your unconscious mind?
Are you a parrot? Your redirect doesn't absolve you from answering.
Quote:In order for communication to be effective between two people, what are some of the requirements that must be met?
Kudos to Esquilax.
